When I was younger, it's like, 'Mom works. Normal adult stuff.' But you mature and start to look at it differently. I watched my mom struggle. She comes home tired. She doesn't want to do anything. As I got older,… — Bam Adebayo Copy Share Image
My whole thing when I got in the NBA was I want to win a championship. The mindset hasn't changed. — Bam Adebayo Copy Share
Some guys, when they get drafted, they only think about themselves. They go buy cars and houses. I just wanted to take care of… — Bam Adebayo Copy Share
I sucked. It was my first time picking up a basketball. I watched it on TV, but I never knew what to really do… — Bam Adebayo Copy Share
It was kind of like an agreement, I guess you can say. It was like, 'Hey, bro, you want to be on Team USA?'… — Bam Adebayo Copy Share
I just got to be more aggressive. A lot of time, I just got to make the right reads. It's nothing major, just minor… — Bam Adebayo Copy Share
Hard work pays off. But it doesn't stop now. I know I'm generational wealthy, as you can say, but still got business to handle. — Bam Adebayo Copy Share
Me, growing up, I was a Kobe fan, Kobe fanatic, and just getting, just being able to just wear his shoes, it's my favorite… — Bam Adebayo Copy Share
You just gotta hang around people that are really outgoing, and you'll end up, before you know it, you'll be an outgoing person. — Bam Adebayo Copy Share
Different players play you different ways. Some players might be slow-footed so they got to backup. Some players might push you up. You've got… — Bam Adebayo Copy Share
I feel like I've built big enough platform and still building my platform for us to get justice for Breonna Taylor. — Bam Adebayo Copy Share
Like I said, being an African-American man, you can tell there's two Americas we're living in. They don't want us to be equal. — Bam Adebayo Copy Share
My mom's never owned anything. I always wanted her to own something that she could say, 'This is mine' and feel good about it. — Bam Adebayo Copy Share
